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གཤེད་བྱེད། | Glossary of Terms
གཤེད་བྱེད།
gshed byed
kṛtya
- Term
- Kṛtya
- གཤེད་བྱེད།
- gshed byed
- kṛtya
A spirit one can request, by making offerings, to destroy others. Usually female, with this sūtra having the sole instance of a male entity. There are also references to humans who have this power.
- Kṛtyā
- གཤེད་བྱེད།
- gshed byed
- kṛtyā
A generally malevolent class of semi-divine being.
- Kṛtyā
- གཤེད་བྱེད།
- gshed byed
- kṛtyā
A kind of female evil spirit or sorceress.
- Kṛtya
- གཤེད་བྱེད།
- gshed byed
- kṛtya
A class of spirit beings typically associated with violent sorcery rites.
- Kṛtya
- གཤེད་བྱེད།
- gshed byed
- kṛtya
A class of evil spirits.
- Kṛtya
- གཤེད་བྱེད།
- gshed byed
- kṛtya
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- Kṛtya
- གཤེད་བྱེད།
- gshed byed
- kṛtya
A class of evil spirits.